Video: Guy Fieri weighs in, sort of, on that bad review

Guy Fieri’s new Times Square restaurant, the huge Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar, was taken down a few pegs — and then some — by The New York Times‘ critic, Pete Wells. If you haven’t read the review, do so — it’s pretty amazing in how it skewers Fieri’s place, from food to ambience to service to “that blue drink, the one that glows like nuclear waste”.

Not surprisingly, Wells’ review went viral, not only because it was vicious, but also because Fieri has such a huge personality on his Food Network shows. And there are some who think that it might help Fieri’s New York restaurant, at least initially, like former Top Chef champ Michael Voltaggio in this video report.

It seemed like a perfect chance for Saturday Night Live to weigh in, especially with cast member Bobby Moynihan able to do a great impression of the outgoing chef. While it didn’t make the final cut, SNL‘s skit on Fieri and that review did make it to the Internet, with NBC releasing the sketch from dress rehearsal. (Link courtesy New York magazine’s Vulture blog.)

Actually, Fieri really did fire back last week, on NBC’s Today. Fieri basically wondered if the Times had another agenda: “There’s good and there’s bad in the restaurant business. But that, to me, went so overboard.”